Jack Elam
1) True grit
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In "True Grit," U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced Texas Ranger joins the party. In "Rio Lobo," a spectacular robbery of a Union pay train by Confederate guerillas leads to the train's...
4) Rio Lobo
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A spectacular robbery of a Union pay train by Confederate guerillas leads to the train's colonel befriending the leaders of the robbers when the war ends. Together, they seek the Union traitors responsible for a string of Confederate train robberies.
5) High noon
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Just-married lawman Will Kane is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score. Kane seeks assistance from deputies and townsfolk but soon realizes he'll have to stand alone in his showdown with Miller and his henchmen.
9) Rawhide
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A gang of outlaws seize a stage coach way-station, kill the station manager and hold the surviving man and woman captive while they await the arrival of a gold shipment.
10) Hannie Caulder
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A woman swears revenge on the men who raped her and killed her husband. At first, she has more heart than know-how, but once a bounty hunter arrives in town, he teaches her how to use a gun. She straps on her .45 and sets out to put a few notches in its handle.
11) Jinxed!
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Bonita is a brassy casino lounge singer who lives in a trailer with a semi-professional gambler named Harold. Harold's dreams of striking it rich seem about to come true-- he's got a jinx on a sexy blackjack dealer. But the gambler's luck changes when Bonita and the dealer get together to play a few cards of their own!
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With a band of outlaws on the loose, stationmaster Sam Todd and his tenderfoot underling Tom Owens force beauty Vinnie Holt and her infant niece off an incoming coach to wait in the safety of the station until law can be restored. But when the murderous bunch arrives to take control of the station, it will be up to the reserved Owens to outsmart the outlaws before they can execute their deadly plans.
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When an armored car robbery goes down and the four robbers get away clean with 1.2 million in cash, a decorated and down on his luck veteran named Joe Rolfe is accused of being involved and is mercilessly beaten up by the local police. Released due to lack of evidence, Joe decides to look for the men who set him up and then pay them back one.--Container.
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Apple Dumpling Gang: Three orphan children strike gold in 1878 California.
Apple Dumpling Gang rides again: Amos and Theodore are back and trying to make it on their own. When they arrive at the town they are going to, all sorts of things go awry.
Hot lead & cold feet: A tough father is out to take control of a small western town with the help of his twin sons: one a gunfighter, the other a mild-mannered coward.
Gus: The California Atoms are in...
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The gunfighter: In this noir-influenced Western, Gregory Peck stars as an aging gunslinger, sick of killing but haunted by punks wanting to make a name for themselves by slaying a legend. After being warned by his old friend the Sheriff, Peck decides to return East to see his estranged wife and the child he left behind. Knowing his death is an inevitability if he stays, Peck leaves but before he can reach his destination his past catches up with him...
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On his way to Australia, an easy-going stranger with a straight-shooting sidearm, wanders into a small gold rush town and takes what he thinks will be a temporary assignment as sheriff. He finds he has a talent for the job and manages to turn the town derelict into his deputy and outsmart a local outlaw clan. He also becomes the amorous target of the mayor's daughter and does it all without breaking a sweat or dirtying his boots.
17) The far country
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A loner and his sidekick try to get rich quick by selling a herd of cattle at a fancy price during the wild gold ruch days in Yukon Territory. They soon get caught up in a conflict with the local self-appointed lawman and his claim jumping henchmen which ultimately ends in a guns-blazing finale.
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Apple dumpling gang: A roving bachelor inherits three young orphans and a wealth of problems. When the kids discover a gold nugget they must fend off the greedy townspeople, so they join forces with bumbling outlaws to stage a robbery of the gold.
Apple dumpling gang rides again: Two bumbling outlaws try to go straight, but can't even seem to get that right. They make a deposit in a bank and are accused of robbing it ; they join the U.S. Cavalry...
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If you were born in the 60s, your decade opened with John F. Kennedy as the 35th President of the United States; the cartoon The Flintstones appeared on Television for the first time; Chubby Checker started a new dance craze with the sensational twist; the U.S. men's ice hockey team won gold in the winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, California; and Alan Shepard made the first U.S. space fight.
Over-the-Hill Gang: With the help of three "over-the-hill"...
20) Rancho Notorious
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A western, set in the 1870s, which dramatizes the ballad The legend of Chuck-A-Luck. The search of a Wyoming cowboy for his fiancée's murderer leads him to a ranch-hideaway for bandits which is operated by an ex-saloon entertainer.